Ladies please. Back on topic if I dare..
Personally I don't see the ban/import duties coming back. Might be wishful thinking, but after the furore it caused last time - especially when everyone discovered it was dreamt up by EK and not Dubai customs.
Customs are the last people who want it implemented anyway, it would mean having to spending less time looking at their phones for one thing which ain't gonna happen.
When EK said the lifting on the ban was only temporary until a more efficient payment method was worked out that to me is just there way of not losing face.
Which of course is the most important thing round here.